By David Crystal

New from Cambridge University Press!

By Peter Mark Roget

This book "supplies a vocabulary of English words and idiomatic phrases 'arranged … according to the ideas which they express'. The thesaurus, continually expanded and updated, has always remained in print, but this reissued first edition shows the impressive breadth of Roget's own knowledge and interests."

Book Information

Maintaining its balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor, the new edition of “Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics” provides students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech. Johnson addresses the human auditory system and new to the third edition, the theoretical issues as well as the practical concerns involved in speech perception. The most accessible introduction to the physics of speech available, the book includes suggested readings, engaging side-bars on related topics and exercises designed to review and expand upon the material in each chapter, complete with selected answers.